Current Obsessions: Glimmers

Happy weekend; happy August; hope you’re taking care. Ahead, 17 things that crossed our screens this week:

• Who says you can’t draw the walls, on furniture, on the sofa?
• Introducing the color of the year. (Called it.)
• Julie’s noting this summery pop-up ft. furniture, lighting, objects, and jewelry in upstate NY, August 8-10; info here.
• Bookbinding workshop, anyone?
• Now available online: “vintage finds, sourced from all over New England, just for you.”
• One of our favorite kitchen cos. is now available nationwide.
• How pretty are these glasses?
• A wine tasting in NC we’d love to go to.
• Pamela Anderson’s got gardening tips—and a very chic gardening hat.
• “Interior design from an artist’s perspective”: the Instagram account Annie can’t get enough of.
• Flamingo Estate’s candles and lotions are now available at Goodee! Fan’s considering this scent in the hopes of making summer last a little longer.
• An intriguing find from Laura: wildflower sod.
• Kendra’s weekend plans: “When the people at Chatsworth (the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire) put on a show, they do it in style. The Gorgeous Nothings is a gathering of botanically inspired artworks drawn from the fabled Chatsworth collection, with new commissions and loans from international museums. Until October. “
• Speaking of Kendra, some outtakes from her new book, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden.
• Filing this under: lovely water features for the garden.
• Ooh, a coastal house, set on a barge in the Hamptons, with the dreamiest (and deer-resistant to boot!) landscape design.
• Last, Marie’s list of favorite herbs to grow that don’t mind the shade.